Often have mortal men wondered what might happen if the great Galactus were to clash with AllMighty Odin. In truth they did clash, long ago, in the great Silver Age. Listen now to this previously untold tale of the clash of the Titans!

History has it that there was a time when Odin and Galactus were the
two major powers in the Universe. It was a simpler Universe then but
a time of grandeur and true greatness that has not been seen since.
It was the Silver Age when only one entity existed to threaten Mighty
Odin's hegemony over the heavens – the Great Galactus devourer of
worlds!

Asgard
City

Both Odin and the Grand Vizier watched Odin's all seeing globe with
deepening apprehension.

Grand
Vizier: " He doth come then , there can no longer be any doubt, the
great Galactus comes to Asgard itself ! "

Odin: "Aye
- the event we have all long feared be now almost upon us".

Grand
Vizier: " The dimensional barriers will not protect us then ? "

Odin: "Nay - while interdimensional teleportation be not a great strength
of Galactus, the barriers shall not hinder one such as he!"

Grand
Vizier: " His power doth rival thine own, cans't thou stop him
and thus prevent the destruction of all Asgard ?"

Odin: "
In all truth I know not, ne'er before have I faced a power of this
magnitude"

Deep
Space

The
gleaming silvery form of Galactus herald the former Norrin Radd (a
mighty individual in his own right) raced toward Asgard at many times
the speed of light.

Lagging
not far behind came Galactus himself ensconced within his monstrous
worldship, a law unto himself and totally unassailable. He was
seemingly oblivious to all but the need to satiate his great hunger.

Suddenly
the Silver Surfer's speed slowed almost to a halt and the Worldship
did likewise, both slowed by an unseen force – the OdinPower itself
! A huge audo-visual image of Odin then appeared before them.

Odin
(audio-visual image) : " What dost thou do here Mighty Galactus –
what business hast thou with golden Asgard ? - if thou dost seek to
assuage thy hunger at the expense of my people then thou shalt find
the cost greater indeed than the prize !"

Galactus: (moving outside his worldship to address the audio-visual image of
Odin)

" None
question the purpose of Galactus - I do what I must in order to
survive and none, not even you Great Odin, shall challenge me. I do
indeed come to Asgard, there to feast upon the plentiful energies of
your great race – consider yourself fortunate indeed that such a
rich prize has been spared until now !"

Odin: "
This is thy first and final warning Galactus, cease from thy present
course and seek sustenance elsewhere or thou shall feel the full
force of the Odinpower ! - Thou coulds't have chosen any other
world yet thou dos't come to Asgard and challenge me – I who am
the will and the way and the only power capable of stopping you,
truly your actions are incomprehensible to me ! "

With that
the audio-visual image of Odin disappeared and Galactus and the
Surfer both entered the worldship to discuss Odin's challenge.

Silver
Surfer: " Should you perhaps reconsider Galactus ?, the OdinPower
is not something to take lightly, and there are a multitude of other
worlds "

Galactus: " I will allow none to dictate to me, Surfer, not even Allfather
Odin – I have determined that the godly energies of all Asgard will
be sufficient to satiate me for a long time to come. As to Odin, a
clash between us was inevitable."

Surfer: "
You allow him no choice in the matter Galactus, you cannot expect him
to do anything other than defend the Asgardian race argghh !".

At that
instant Odin had launched simultaneous mind assaults on both the
Surfer and Galactus. While the Surfer buckled almost instantly
Galactus was a different matter. As Odin entered Galactus mind he
encountered a "mindscape" far more alien than anything he could
ever have imagined. To Odin this simply served to reinforce how
different and truly alien an entity Galactus was compared to the
pantheon gods.

Within
that "mindscape" Odin and Galactus met in headlong assault in a
titanic mental struggle which led eventually to Odin being ejected
from the mind of Galactus.

Odin: " Do not think you have triumphed over me Galactus, this was but the
first of many different attacks that I shall launch against you if
you continue on your present course"

Galactus
was still reeling under Odin's assault on his mind and chose not to
reply as realisation dawned on him that the Odin's mind assault on
the Surfer had been irreversible.

Surfer: "
I can serve you no longer Galactus, Odin has shown me this "

Galactus:
" You are no use to me now Surfer in your present state, thus with
but a gesture do I strip you of the power cosmic and transport you to
a habitable world."

Lamenting
the loss of his herald and angry at Odin for causing this Galactus
proceeded on to Asgard.

Asgard
City

Grand
Vizier: " Still he doth come Milord Odin, what will you do next

, use the
Destroyer armour ? "

Odin: "
Nay, faithful one, for the armour is very much a last resort – if I
use it myself I will have to place my physical body beyond the reach
of Galactus or all will be lost, I must presume he knows this fact."

For the
remainder of his journey to Asgard, Galactus had the defensive
screens of his worldship at full capacity as were a plethora of the
ships detection devices focussing on Asgard for whatever attack Odin
might launch. While the path of the ship was monitored by Odin and
was also followed by Loki in astral form no other action was taken by
Odin until the great ship's arrival. Galactus lashed out at the
astral form of Loki which was nothing more than an irritation to him
but Loki retreated before Galactus coud destroy his astral form. Odin and the Vizier now joined by Thor, Lady Sif, Balder and the
Warriors Three continued to monitor the approach of Galactus.

Odin: "
Make secure thy hammer my son and prepare thyself, on my word, for a
possible godblast against Galactus". "If I call on you then
spare him not - let him feel thy full might !" " Balder –
prepare the Destroyer armour and inhabit it and stand ready to
receive the life forces of all other Asgardians should this be
necessary"

Thor: "
What of great Surtur my liege ? and Ymir, Hela and Karnilla – where
stand they in this ? "

Odin "
Alas, my son if Galactus doth only confine his efforts to Asgard
they will be view him as an ally and will be delighted to see him do
there work for them. Howe'er if they sense that Galactus will move
against their own domains then they will move against him. For the
nonce, at least, they do sit upon the fence as those of Midgard might
say "

Lady Sif: " Milord, I hesitate to broach the matter, but if all else fails,
how will't though protect thy children ? "

Odin: "
If I feel our efforts failing I will as a final resort
interdimensionally transport all Asgard, or all that is left of
Asgard, to another pocket dimension. A destination I have agree with
Lord Zeus. If I fail in this, Zeus himself, while he will not join
us in battle, will at least transport Asgard for me. I am certain
that Zeus will not fail me in this."

Thor: "
Milord thou has't allowed Galactus to approach close indeed to
Asgard, even if he is defeated there will inevitably be great damage
to Asgard in the process ? "

Odin
"Attend my words my son, and all present, for now am I to use a
great defensive weapon, knowledge of which, I have held back from all
of you. This is because never before had we possible need of this
weapon. Yonder within the Great Hall stands the Shield of Odin,while it doth presently take the form of a physical shield such
as would have been used by our Viking worshippers of days gone by, it
is far, far more than that. The shield can take the form of a great
force field large enough to protect all Asgard, at least for a time,
against quite powerful attacks and certainly against what mortal men
might describe as collateral damage."

Grand
Vizier: " All is in readiness then Milord Odin, there be no more
that we can do"

Odin "
Indeed, Vizier !"

Galactus
Worldship arrived shortly thereafter and while staying many thousands
of kilometre above Asgard City, it still loomed monstrously and
menacingly large.

While such
an arrival would normally cause great panic among a population the
Asgardians were a hardy race and were angered more than cowed. They
were confident in themselves that Odin would not allow the
destruction of Asgard. Many manned the city's various defences
such as the mystical and electronic cannon dotted around various
fortifications, although this was only a token gesture. Still more
readied themselves for the possibility that Odin might summon their
life energies to join Balder in the Destroyer construct.

Galactus
left his Worldship and grew to a physical size of 1000 feet as he
moved closer to Asgard City. Odin mystically enhanced his own size
to match Galactus and levitated forth to meet him. The two great
Titans moved quite close to one another and for the first time in the
entire history of the multiverse Mighty Odin Allfather of Asgard and
Great Galactus Devourer of Worlds come physically face to face. For
a moment it seemed that the entire multiverse held its breath.

Odin: "
It is not too late even now, Great Galactus, for you to withdraw from
Asgard – there are none who will think less of you should you
choose to do so"

Galactus: " It is too late now Mighty Odin, I am here and I hunger – I
will wait no longer. I see you have made grand preparations to
defend your realm but in the end they will prove to be of no avail to
you for I am Galactus and you will find that none can stand against
me ! "

Odin: "
We shall see Galactus, we shall see !

With that
Mighty Odin his whole huge form coruscating with vast amounts of
Asgardian energy struck Galactus the mightiest of blows hurling the
great one back towards his Worldship. Galactus shrugged off Odin's
combination physical and energy blow as if it were nothing and
launched a massive cosmic energy strike that both surprised and
staggered Odin. The two then come together actually physically
wrestling one another their huge forms coruscating with different yet
fundamentally equal energies – the power cosmic versus the
OdinPower.

Odin was
the first to show signs of tiring under Galactus relentless pressure
and he made an attempt to teleport Galactus into limbo. While such a
tactic might have worked on a lesser entity it failed against
Galactus and suddenly, unexpectedly Galactus hurled Odin towards
Asgard City where his landing caused a huge crater.

Odin drew
in vast amounts of surrounding meteorites and cosmic debris and
hurled them against Galactus but this attack was less than useless
against Galactus whose personal force shields were not even dented.

Realising
that he and Galactus were relatively evenly matched but also that the
Odin Shield would only briefly protect Asgard City – the Lord of
Asgard decided that the battle must be finished quickly – the
longer it took the greater the damage to Asgard and the greater
Galactus's chance of victory. Shrugging off Galactus blow Odin
levitated above Asgard and at the same time signalled Thor to prepare
a full on god blast – he also signalled to Balder to ready the
Destroyer contruct (inhabited by many Asgardian souls) for a full on
visor blast.

In the
instant before the attack Galactus realised the peril that he faced –
he faced attack from three sources: (1) a godblast of the highest
intensity from Thor from Asgard below, (2) a disintegration visor
blast from the destroyer construct now levitating near Galactus, and
(3) a bludgeoning wave of Asgardian energy stemming from the Odin
Lord of Asgard himself.

Galactus
could almost certainly have withstood one of these attacks and just
possibly two but not all three together and so as his force shields
began to buckle then fail and his personal armour was stripped away,
the physical/energy being known as Galactus opened the palm of his
hand to reveal that most deadly of all weapons the ultimate
nullifier. Which, legend has it, can destroy the Universe.

Thus this
the first battle between Galactus and Asgard proved inconclusive. Under threat of annihilation from the ultimate nullifier Odin allowed
Galactus to depart without further harm and the great one never came
this way again.

Yet no
matter the circumstances the home of the norse gods had survived and
from every corner of Asgard the cry went out " Praise be to
almighty Odin Allfather of Asgard !"

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